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Toddler, 2, dies after being given alternative antibiotic due to shortage
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dailyrecord.co.ukA toddler died after she was given an alternative medicine to treat a chesty cough. Two-year-old Ava Hodgkinson was taken to her GP on December 13 in 2022 after developing a cough.
She had fallen sick during a national outbreak of Strep A led to a shortage in the antibiotics she needed. The outbreak had left pharmacies across the UK experiencing a shortage of first-line antibiotic phenoxymethylpenicillin, the Mirror reports.
The GP instead prescribed amoxicillin, which her dad Adam went to pick up at the pharmacy, only to find out the correct dosage was also out of stock.
It wasn't until the next morning that a new prescription was available for collection.Just hours after taking her first dose, Ava deteriorated.
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